First AH-1Z JAGM Launched in INDOPACOM During EXPO Strike [Image 1 of 9]

KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

06.26.2024

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Corps aviation ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load an AGM-179 joint air-to-ground munition (JAGM) onto an AH-1Z M299 launcher for an expeditionary (EXPO) strike, at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, June 26, 2024. This EXPO strike launched the first JAGM off an AH-1Z attack helicopter in the Indo-Pacific region. The JAGM provides a true “fire and forget” capability to guide the missile to endgame, able to destroy fast-moving maritime targets like fast attack craft (FAC) in rough sea states. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape)

• Date Taken: 06.26.2024
• Date Posted: 06.27.2024 23:15
• Photo ID: 8504013
• VIRIN: 240626-M-MJ391-1001
• Resolution: 3840x2160
• Size: 2.25 MB
• Location: KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP